BCS70 Age 38 survey (2008-09)

The BCS70 Age 38 survey took place between October 2008 to May 2009.

Response:

8,874 cohort members took part in total.

Design:

A 25-minute telephone survey. The key purpose of the short telephone survey that year was to update the key events and circumstance changes which had happened to cohort members in the time that has elapsed since they were last interviewed.

Cohort members were questioned on the following areas:

Household details

Housing

Relationships

Children and wider family

Family Income and Wealth

Employment

Life-long learning

Health and health behaviour

More information about the coverage of each element of the survey and the downloadable questionnaires are provided here. A full description of the design of the Age 38 survey is provided here.